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Grand Budget Bargain Progress in Springfield

Posted on May 04, 2016

Chicago Tonight, WTTW

This segment reports on two General Assembly working groups currently meeting in Springfield to negotiate an end to Illinois’ FY2016 budget impasse. Laurence Msall, President of the Civic Federation, notes that the State cannot go another year without a budget. This piece also highlights key findings from the Civic Federation’s recent analysis of Governor Rauner’s FY2017 proposed budget.